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  1. David
    As much as I like Marshall, I think Z on 3 days rest and Lilly on normal rest (potential games 4 and 5) >> fresh Marshall and Z on normal rest.
  2. David
    Don't see why they would change it.
  3. David
    Are you serious? Theriot sucks at 2nd in the order Theriot was just on with Silvy and Waddle and said that he doesn't know where Lou will bat him, but expects to hit 8th since that seemed to work lately. Guess Lou hasn't told him yet.
  4. David
    All of the division series games, AL and NL, are on TBS. http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/6843822 Just saw that. I thought Fox had some or all of the ALDS. I guess it's just the ALCS and WS.
  5. David
    Honestly, as much of a draw the Cubs are, the Boston-Los Angeles matchup has to be a better priority for the networks to get on prime time TV. One of the biggest fan bases against a team that plays in the vicinity of the second largest market in the US. The Cubs are a great draw, but a DBacks team with limited star power and limited fan appeal will not be quite the demand that many are expecting. I wouldn't be surprised to be the 4PM game on Wednesday (2 PM in Arizona) They're on different networks, though. Wouldn't TBS want their best drawing matchup on at prime time?
  6. David
    Oh, man. Coupled with Coletti's veteran-love, this would be an epic pairing.
  7. David
    Chris Young, Eric Byrnes, Stephen Drew, Conor Jackson, Augie Ojeda, Justin Upton, Chad Tracy, Chris Snyder... Yeah, I have no idea how they produce offense. Of course, now that I say that, it'll probably be Chris Young that kills the Cubs. Holy heck bukie...ones bad enough! I hope Arizona plays tight but I have this weird feeling it'll be the Cubs that do so instead. I think his point was that none of those guys are huge cause for concern. ;) But it's a short series and obviously anyone can come up big. My vote is Augie. Or not.
  8. David
    yeah .. for all the heartburn they give me, the cubs have had a pretty good 2/3rds of a season. since early june -- over the last 100 games or so -- they're playing at a 0.575ish clip, good for about 93 wins over the course of 162 games. Yep. And that's while having missed Soriano (which coincided with the one major stumble they had during that stretch) for 3 weeks.
  9. David
    It's definitely a Wednesday game..just what time.. I think he was asking if it was Wednesday right now...as in, is today Wednesday? ;)
  10. David
    Yea... 2007 Cubs > 1998 Cubs by a fairly wide margin, IMO Plus 1998 NL field >>> 2007 NL field
  11. David
    Really????!!!
  12. David
    Of course the playoffs are a crapshoot. We know that. But the better team still has a better chance of winning (albeit slightly). Could you really ask for better in terms of an opponent in the playoffs, though?
  13. David
    Nobody? Does anyone at least have a link to where I could see the video online and figure it out myself? Straight Lines, by Silverchair Thanks!
  14. David
    Nobody? Does anyone at least have a link to where I could see the video online and figure it out myself?
  15. David
    Offtopic but can someone hook me up with the name of the song that was played in WGN's 2007 Cubs montage?
  16. David
    5-2, no? Every turn has to end with a loss...
  17. David
    Flukes can last a whole season. Let's see if the D'Backs (as presently constructed) come close to 90 wins next year. Then maybe I'll believe they are somehow the exception to the rule.
  18. David
    Having a terrible offense and a decent pitching staff and ending up with 90 wins? So explain how the Cubs are soooo superior to us. You guys only scored like 40 more runs than us, not whole lot. We have the 7th best SP ERA. .5 behind CHC .6 from being the 2nd best in MLB. Do you realize that that's quite a bit? Not really when you're 90-72 compared to 85-77 in the best division in all of MLB The Cubs underachieved a little this year. The Diamondbacks overachieved a ton. Pythagorean W-L (based on info before today's games) AZ - 79-82 CHI - 87-74 What we're saying is there's reason to believe that the D'Backs aren't as good as their record and that the Cubs might be better than theirs. Everybody knows that the D'Backs won more games. There's no argument there.
  19. David
    Having a terrible offense and a decent pitching staff and ending up with 90 wins? So explain how the Cubs are soooo superior to us. You guys only scored like 40 more runs than us, not whole lot. How many fewer runs did the Cubs allow?
  20. David
    Uh, no they wouldnt. I think you're confusing stats with money. and what does that statement mean, really? Know how to win? Yeah, I know how to win too; score more runs than the other team. You can't argue with the people who use the "Throw the stats out the window, we just know how to win," argument, because there's no reasoning involved with taking this stance, and there is, therefore, no real way to argue against it. He just wants to have blind faith in his team. That's fine. I was like that in 98.
  21. David
    There's a whole lot of good mojo in that rotation and the spot guy.
  22. David
    Coming from fans that witnessed the 98-99 offseason, that means a lot. Well, 2001-2002, too, but not as bad since we did attempt to improve that team.
  23. David
    The bullpen might have something to do with a small amount of it, mostly that is just luck. A good bullpen is just as likely to preserve a two-run win as it is a one-run win, and a bad bullpen can turn a two-run win into a one-run win. Looking at games that were within one run at any point from the 7th on might be a better measure than just games that finished one-run apart. That said, being the better team, which I firmly believe the Cubs are, has very little to do with who wins a five-game series. Just pray the coin comes up tails. Exactly. The Cubs are the better team. That doesn't mean they'll win. They should, but that means relatively little in a short series.
  24. David
    Like I said, people always look for reasons why a certain team may be an exception. I look at that lineup and pitching staff, and I don't see a 90 win team. Just cause you don't "see" one, doesn't mean they aren't one. You obviously for a fact haven't seen this team. They are the only team in the MLB to play over .500 EVERY MONTH. Go ahead and look at their run differential, if being 19 games over .500 and having the best record in the NL is "lucky," I'll take it every year + the doubt by everyone. The D'Backs have great chemistry, that wins games, not always talent. The offense may be bad, but it comes through in the clutch situations. Sure we don't blow teams out, cause really, we don't have that type of offense. I don't think we'll really have to worry about getting blown out in the series seeing the main culprits of us being slaughtered, Nippert and Gonzalez, may not make the post season roster. These are the exact types of things that people say about lucky and flukish teams. Just sayin....
  25. David
    Augie Ojeda? Are you serious? He's terrible. A fluke month doesn't change anything. I hope the D'Backs use him early and often.
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